Family: Asteraceae
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Group: Dicot
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                   Terrestrial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Shrub
					 
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                   Perennial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Native Range: Southeastern United States and the West Indies (Cuba, Cayman Islands, Bahamas).
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
					
						Apparently Secure
					
              
                
                
				
                                     
Map of South Florida Locations
                                    
				
                                    SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
				  
                                    Present
			      
                                    
                                    
		    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
					
                                    Native
                                    
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Cultivated
					
                                    
                                    
	            
                                    
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            FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
          
				  
						Present
			      
				  
				  
		      
            
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
					
            			Native
	            	
					
					
				
              
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
					
						Imperiled
					
					
					
                                   
				
                                      
Map of Florida Keys Locations
                                    
				
          Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1884 by J. Cosmo Melvill for the island of Key West.  Reported in 1907 by C.F. Millspaugh for the lower sandy Keys.  Reported in 
1913  by John Kunkel Small for coastal sand dunes and rocky shores throughout the Florida Keys.  We considerr this native and extant throughout the Florida Keys.